Eve said: "I was 16 when my brother died in a car accident, he was 19 and he had been out with all his friends, drinking and having fun.

"He was out with his best friend, at the end of the night after several shots and several pints, they waited for a taxi but because it was a Wednesday night, no taxis came.

"They decided that my brother would be fine to drive, that he wasn’t too drunk and he drove home, he was driving at 80 mph and he was twice over the limit, he was supposed to turn a corner and he just drove straight in to a tree.

"Basically, his friend was really lucky, he didn’t come out with any severe injuries but my brother was in the car and the car set on fire, so we couldn’t see his body, we couldn’t get to say goodbye to him properly.

"I found out four days before my first GCSE exam and it was the worst thing to ever happen to me, just because nothing stays the same after something like that.

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"One decision made by someone else has had so much effect on so many other people's lives. He was there on the Sunday and gone by the Thursday. He was 19, he made such a stupid decision, such a bad mistake and nothing will change it now.

"He was never a particularly good decision maker, but he was so full of life and had so much potential.

"Being 20 now, I’m older than he ever was and he’ll ever be, and knowing what I have now, knowing that he will never have that because I just think that people make such abrupt decisions because they think it’ll never happen to them, it could never happen to them.

"But we all thought that, all of my family, all of Tom’s friends, you never think it’s going to happen to you, but it did and we have to live with that.

"I just think that for the sake of people’s families and for the sake of everyone they care about, a moment of madness really does lead to what we all suffer, which is definitely a lifetime full of sadness for the loss of my brother."

The B3362 in Tavistock where Tom died

At the time of the crash, Tom's father, Peter, released a tribute. Peter said he always loved being able to introduce Tom as both his son, and his friend.

Peter said: “My time with Tom was so short – but the time I had was so wonderful.

"I miss him desperately but thank God for the 19 years I had.

“Tom is my one and only son and is the best in the world. There is a term that all good things must come to an end. For me, the end was too soon.

“Tom was so popular. I used to walk from one end of Tavistock to the other with him, which isn’t very far, and it would take forever since he would constantly be stopping and chatting with people he knew.

“I think Tom, like many other boys, thought he was invincible, and unfortunately he proved himself wrong."